Ageless Michelle Pfeiffer, 63, Opens Up Regarding Plastic Surgery Thoughts

Jul 10, 2021

Michelle Pfeiffer was born April 29, 1958 and is an American actress. Her breakout role came in 1983 with the gangster film “Scarface.” She played the role of Elvira Hancock, and it is still one of her most beloved performances. Pfeiffer has received many accolades for her prolific acting. She has won a Golden Globe award and been nominated for three Academy Awards and one Primetime Emmy. The actress also has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

Pfeiffer had her first leading role in the film “Grease 2,” but she didn’t care much for the part. After that experience, she sought out more complex characters and has gone on to play an eclectic mix of roles. One of her hugely popular characters was Catwoman in the 1992 film “Batman Returns.” Her appearance as Selena Kyle is still one of the most popular Catwoman portrayals to this day.

In 2007, Pfeiffer came back from a five-year hiatus and appeared as a villain in both “Hairspray” and “Stardust.” She then took another long hiatus and came back in 2017 to appear in three films, “Where is Kyra?” “Mother!” and “Murder on the Orient Express.” That same year, Pfeiffer received her Primetime Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Ruth Madoff in “The Wizard of Lies.”

Pfeiffer has been married twice and has two children. Her first marriage was to fellow actor Peter Horton, and it lasted from 1981 to 1988. The actress credits Horton for being the one to help her get away from a dangerous cult in her early 20s. In 1993, she married television writer and producer David E. Kelley. Read on to learn more about Pfeiffer’s thoughts on plastic surgery and growing older.

Pfeiffer told People magazine that she did nothing to take care of her appearance when she was in her 20s. She explained, “I did nothing beauty-wise. I smoked cigarettes, ate whatever I wanted and used bar soap on my face. People were horrified by how I treated my skin.”

All of that changed when Pfeiffer became an actress. She told People about her beauty routine in 1999.

She said, “The maintenance is just way out of control. I’ll use sunscreen and have regular manicures now, and I never used to do that. Now it takes me so long to go to bed or get out of the house.” Her beauty regime back then is likely why she looks so ageless at 63.

Pfeiffer told the magazine in 1999 that she works hard to stay fit but would still have cheat days with candy and popcorn. “I spent years trying to clean up my act. Then I found myself making macaroni and cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches,” she said.

The actress doesn’t worry too much about getting older. “All I really care about is that I’m able to age gracefully and that I don’t ever look like a wax figure of myself,” Pfeiffer said to People. The star has been a vegan for years, ever since her father was diagnosed with cancer, and she prioritizes exercise. She told the magazine that she does a cardiovascular workout from home regularly. 

Pfeiffer added, “I certainly see that I’ve changed. I just try not to dwell on it. Aging happens to every single one of us. Once you accept that it unburdens you.” 

The star is aware that there are no shortcuts to living a healthy lifestyle.

“It’s what nobody really wants to hear…it’s that you have to eat right, you have to exercise, you have to get sleep,” Pfeiffer told Woman & Home. “We’re always looking for that magic bullet and they don’t exist.”

Pfeiffer told Oprah, “You reach a threshold where you’re fine with looking good for your age instead of looking young for your age, and I’ve crossed it. Would I like to look the way I did in my early 30s? You bet, but that’s not going to happen, and I don’t feel the same pressure I once did to do so. It’s quite a relief, honestly.

When asked if she ever considered getting plastic surgery to hide the effects of aging, Pfeiffer told Urbanette:

 “Sometimes I think about it, sometimes I don’t,” she said. “It really depends on how well I’m lit. It depends on my makeup and all kinds of things … I’m not saying that I won’t have plastic surgery at some point. I think that it’s harder and harder the older you get to say never.”

She continued, “Especially being in the public eye. It doesn’t really matter, I think that if people actually want to do something here or there, who cares? If it makes them feel a little bit better about themselves … What I object to is too much. And really bad plastic surgery. When I think it becomes a distraction and when people don’t look like themselves anymore. As long as it doesn’t overtake them.”

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